1968 y\u0131l\u0131nda Be\u015fikta\u015f\u2019ta do\u011fdum. \u00c7ocukluk y\u0131llar\u0131m bu semtin dar sokaklar\u0131nda ge\u00e7ti. Mahalle k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcn\u00fc, payla\u015fmay\u0131, oyunlar\u0131n co\u015fkusunu o sokaklarda \u00f6\u011frendim. Ko\u015fup oynad\u0131k, yorulduk, ke\u015ffettik. Ad\u0131m atmad\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z bo\u015f alan, girmedi\u011fimiz ah\u015fap ev, t\u0131rmanmad\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z a\u011fa\u00e7 kalmad\u0131. Yaz ak\u015famlar\u0131, bir evden ta\u015fan radyo sesi b\u00fct\u00fcn soka\u011f\u0131 doldurur, mahallece ayn\u0131 program\u0131 dinlerdik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be\u015fikta\u015f \u00c7ar\u015f\u0131s\u0131\u2019n\u0131n f\u0131r\u0131nlar\u0131ndan yay\u0131lan taze ekmek kokusu, yazl\u0131k sinemada gazoz e\u015fli\u011finde izlenen filmler, vapur iskelesinin yan\u0131ndaki parktaki ak\u015fam sohbetleri\u2026 B\u00fct\u00fcn bunlar belle\u011fimde yer etmi\u015f ilk \u0130stanbul hat\u0131ralar\u0131d\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1973\u2019te \u00c7apa\u2019ya ta\u015f\u0131nd\u0131k. O y\u0131llarda \u0130stanbul h\u0131zla de\u011fi\u015fiyordu. Ah\u015fap evlerin yerini apartmanlar al\u0131yor, \u015fehrin sokaklar\u0131 birer \u015fantiye alan\u0131na d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015f\u00fcyordu. Hen\u00fcz asfaltlanmam\u0131\u015f sokaklarda bisiklet s\u00fcrmek, g\u00fcn boyu top oynamak en b\u00fcy\u00fck mutlulu\u011fumuzdu. Okulumuza y\u00fcr\u00fcyerek giderdik; \u00e7\u00fcnk\u00fc hen\u00fcz \u201cservis\u201d<\/em> denen \u015fey hayat\u0131m\u0131za girmemi\u015fti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gen\u00e7lik y\u0131llar\u0131mda \u0130stanbul\u2019un farkl\u0131 k\u00f6\u015felerine yolculuklar yapt\u0131m. Kuzguncuk\u2019un dar sokaklar\u0131n\u0131, Kad\u0131k\u00f6y \u00c7ar\u015f\u0131s\u0131\u2019n\u0131, Ye\u015filk\u00f6y sahilini, Adalar\u2019\u0131n yaz kalabal\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131, Sar\u0131yer\u2019in bal\u0131k\u00e7\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131, Kurba\u011fal\u0131dere\u2019nin a\u011f\u0131r kokusunu, Beykoz \u00e7ay\u0131r\u0131ndaki k\u00f6zde m\u0131s\u0131rlar\u0131n duman\u0131n\u0131 hat\u0131rl\u0131yorum. Bunlar, \u015fehrin haf\u0131zama kaz\u0131nan y\u00fczleridir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kom\u015fuluk, \u00e7ocuklu\u011fumuzun en de\u011ferli hazinesiydi. Anahtar\u0131m\u0131z\u0131 kaybetti\u011fimizde, hi\u00e7 \u00e7ekinmeden kom\u015funun sofras\u0131na otururduk. Mahallede ya\u015fl\u0131lar\u0131n a\u011f\u0131r torbalar\u0131n\u0131 birlikte ta\u015f\u0131r, \u00e7ocuklar aras\u0131nda oyunca\u011f\u0131 payla\u015fmamak ay\u0131p say\u0131l\u0131rd\u0131. Yaz ak\u015famlar\u0131 kap\u0131 \u00f6n\u00fcnde yap\u0131lan sohbetler, sokak lambas\u0131n\u0131n \u0131\u015f\u0131\u011f\u0131nda oynanan saklamba\u00e7lar h\u00e2l\u00e2 akl\u0131mdad\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mahallemizde tarih, yerin alt\u0131ndayd\u0131. \u00c7ukurbostan\u2019da futbol oynarken, kaz\u0131lardan \u00e7\u0131kan \u00e7anak \u00e7\u00f6mlek par\u00e7alar\u0131yla kar\u015f\u0131la\u015ft\u0131k. Bizans\u2019tan, Osmanl\u0131\u2019dan kalan eserlerin g\u00f6lgesinde b\u00fcy\u00fcd\u00fck ama bunun fark\u0131na sonradan vard\u0131k.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1970\u2019lerin sonuna do\u011fru \u00fclke \u00e7alkant\u0131l\u0131 bir d\u00f6neme girdi. 12 Eyl\u00fcl \u00f6ncesinin \u00e7at\u0131\u015fmal\u0131, karanl\u0131k g\u00fcnleri mahallelerimize kadar yans\u0131d\u0131. \u00d6\u011frenci yurtlar\u0131ndaki gerginlikler, sokak duvarlar\u0131ndaki sloganlar, siyasi kavgalar aras\u0131nda b\u00fcy\u00fcd\u00fck. Buna ra\u011fmen mahalle esnaf\u0131yla kurdu\u011fumuz ba\u011f hi\u00e7 kopmad\u0131. Bakkal\u0131m\u0131z, kasab\u0131m\u0131z, manav\u0131m\u0131z bizi tan\u0131r, \u00e7o\u011fu zaman s\u00f6ylemeden ne alaca\u011f\u0131m\u0131z\u0131 bilirdi. Veresiye defterinde ad\u0131m\u0131z hep yaz\u0131l\u0131yd\u0131 ama kimse bundan utanmazd\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ula\u015f\u0131m ise ba\u015fl\u0131 ba\u015f\u0131na bir hik\u00e2yeydi. Troleyb\u00fcsler s\u0131k s\u0131k yolda kal\u0131r, minib\u00fcsler trafi\u011fi fel\u00e7 ederdi. Otob\u00fcsler dolup ta\u015far, camdan sarkan eller, basamaklarda yolculuk eden insanlar ola\u011fan g\u00f6r\u00fcnt\u00fclerdi. Ama \u0130stanbul\u2019un en b\u00fcy\u00fck arma\u011fan\u0131 \u015fehir hatlar\u0131 vapurlar\u0131yd\u0131. Kalender, G\u00fczelhisar gibi zarif vapurlar\u0131n sesi, mart\u0131larla yar\u0131\u015fan d\u00fcd\u00fckleri, yolcular\u0131n simit kokusuna kar\u0131\u015fan sohbetleri h\u00e2l\u00e2 kulaklar\u0131mda \u00e7\u0131nl\u0131yor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1987\u2019de \u0130stanbul \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nde gazetecilik e\u011fitimine ba\u015flad\u0131m. S\u00fcleymaniye\u2019de \u00f6\u011frenci evleri, Beyaz\u0131t\u2019ta kahvehaneler, Laleli\u2019nin sokaklar\u0131 benim ikinci okulum oldu. Ayn\u0131 y\u0131llarda \u0130stanbul\u2019da b\u00fcy\u00fck bir de\u011fi\u015fime tan\u0131kl\u0131k ettik. Tarihi ah\u015fap evler birer birer sat\u0131l\u0131yor, apartmanlar otele d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015f\u00fcyor, surlar tart\u0131\u015fmal\u0131 onar\u0131mlarla tahrip oluyordu. Betonun g\u00f6lgesi giderek b\u00fcy\u00fcyordu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1989\u2019da Cumhuriyet Gazetesi\u2019nde \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya ba\u015flad\u0131m. \u0130stanbul sevgim, gazetecili\u011fim i\u00e7in hem ilham hem de sorumluluk kayna\u011f\u0131 oldu. \u0130mar yolsuzluklar\u0131n\u0131, ka\u00e7ak yap\u0131la\u015fmay\u0131, arazi ya\u011fmalar\u0131n\u0131 yazd\u0131m. Park Otel haberi gibi birka\u00e7\u0131nda ba\u015far\u0131 sa\u011flad\u0131k, ama \u00e7o\u011fu m\u00fccadelemiz sonu\u00e7suz kald\u0131. \u0130stanbul, parsel parsel sat\u0131l\u0131yordu; bizse kalemiyle direnen ama \u00e7o\u011funlukla kaybeden taraftayd\u0131k.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bug\u00fcn eski \u0130stanbul an\u0131lar\u0131 masals\u0131 bir d\u00fcnyan\u0131n i\u00e7inde sakl\u0131. Yazl\u0131k sinemalar, kap\u0131 \u00f6n\u00fc sohbetleri, veresiye defterleri, vapur sohbetleri\u2026 Bir daha geri gelmeyecek de\u011ferlerdi bunlar. \u00c7elik G\u00fclersoy gibi birka\u00e7 \u0130stanbul sevdal\u0131s\u0131n\u0131n \u00e7abas\u0131 bu \u015fehri kurtarmaya yetmedi. Bizim \u0130stanbul\u2019umuz, maalesef, tarihin derinliklerine g\u00f6m\u00fcld\u00fc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sevgili \u0130stanbul’da, kaybolan \u0130stanbul\u2019u hat\u0131rlatmaya \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131m. \u015eehrin unutulan suretine yaz\u0131lm\u0131\u015f ki\u015fisel bir tan\u0131kl\u0131kt\u0131r bu kitap, ayn\u0131 zamanda bir hayat hik\u00e2yesidir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u015eehirler yaln\u0131zca sokaklardan, binalardan ve haritalardan ibaret de\u011fildir; haf\u0131zalar\u0131m\u0131zda da ya\u015farlar. Her ad\u0131mda ge\u00e7mi\u015ften bir sahne belirir, her k\u00f6\u015fede bir hik\u00e2ye bekler. Ayn\u0131 sokaktan ge\u00e7en iki insan\u0131n zihninde bile bamba\u015fka \u0130stanbul\u2019lar dola\u015f\u0131r.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1772],"tags":[1777,1779,1778,201],"class_list":["post-101842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-istanbul-yazilari","tag-benim-istanbulum","tag-istanbul-hikayeleri","tag-istanbul-yazilari","tag-sevgili-istanbul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}